Abu Dhabi: Eight people were killed and seven others were injured after a minibus sank in a canal in Monsha’at Al Qanater City, Giza Governorate.
Police received a report of an overturned minibus in the Mariouteya Canal, and a river rescue unit was immediately dispatched to the accident site.
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Initial investigations revealed that the driver of the bus lost control while on the Mariouteya Canal road and it ended up on its roof in the canal.
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